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Staff Visual Designer, Design Systems and Ecosystem Craft
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
You will lead the evolution of the Material Design system across Android surfaces while collaborating with engineering and product teams. Additionally, you will leverage AI technologies and executive-level storytelling to drive design strategy and quality delivery.
UI DESIGNER H/F - Lyon
🇫🇷 Villeurbanne, Métropole de Lyon, France
Smile Group 🇫🇷 Villeurbanne, Métropole de Lyon, France
You will lead the UI redesign of business applications for the nuclear sector, ensuring aesthetic quality, accessibility, and performance. You will collaborate closely with UX designers, product managers, and developers within an agile environment to create reusable UI components and documentation.
Specialist Engineer-E3-Geotechnical-Design Engineering
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Tata Consulting Engineers Limited 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Project Engineer will provide technical leadership and support to the Project Manager and Engineering Manager while supervising a team of engineers and designers. They are responsible for resolving technical issues and delivering engineering services for various infrastructure and power projects.
Lead Product Designer
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Australiansuper 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lead a team of Product Designers to shape design strategy across multiple products and member journeys. Establish design principles and standards to ensure accessible, consistent, and member-centred experiences at scale.
Senior Product Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore
Codex Solutions 🇸🇬 Singapore
The Senior Product Designer will lead end-to-end design for complex digital products, translating business goals and user insights into scalable, intuitive experiences. They will also mentor junior designers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure design quality and consistency across the product lifecycle.
Production Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Peppermint Bars & Events 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Production Design Manager will lead the creation of buildable, costed concepts for events, ensuring feasibility and commercial viability during the tender stage. They are responsible for managing production budgets, technical documentation, and coordinating with internal teams and suppliers to deliver high-quality event activations.
UX Designer- Vice President- JPM Personal Investing
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Jpmorgan Chase & Co. 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead end-to-end design initiatives for mobile and web platforms while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver intuitive customer experiences. Manage design direction, mentor direct reports, and ensure high-quality outputs through discovery, prototyping, and delivery.
Digital Design Manager
🇬🇧 Camden Town, England, United Kingdom
Williams Racing 🇬🇧 Camden Town, England, United Kingdom
You will lead the digital creative output, owning the quality and direction of all digital channels including the website, app, and campaign assets. You will also collaborate with the Head of Creative, Social, and Brand to ensure integrated, high-performing digital experiences.
Design Manager (Data Centres)
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Kapitol 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The Design Manager will lead and coordinate all design activities from development through to construction delivery, ensuring high-quality and compliant outcomes. They will bridge the gap between design, digital engineering, and construction teams to manage risks and optimize project performance.
Product Designer
🇵🇭 Philippines
Teamified 🇵🇭 Philippines
Lead the end-to-end design process from discovery to delivery while conducting user research to validate solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create intuitive experiences that drive business growth and user satisfaction.
Lead Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Travel + Leisure Co. 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Lead Graphic Designer will manage and mentor a design team while overseeing the creation of high-impact marketing and corporate assets across various media. They will also partner with internal stakeholders to ensure brand consistency and drive creative solutions that meet business objectives.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Alt 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will lead product design initiatives to create seamless experiences for alternative asset management while driving user-centric thinking across the platform. Additionally, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI-first design principles and maintain the company's design system.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Alt 🇺🇸 United States of America
You will shape the core platform by designing seamless experiences for managing alternative-asset portfolios and lead design initiatives across the product. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive user-centric thinking and maintain the company's design system.
Staff Product Designer
🇮🇳 India
Koru Ux Design 🇮🇳 India
The Staff Product Designer will lead ambiguous, high-leverage design projects across multiple teams and accounts while setting AI UX standards. They are responsible for mentoring designers, building design frameworks, and acting as a strategic partner to client leadership.
UX Designer, AVP
🇮🇳 Pune, Pune City Subdistrict, India
Deutsche Bank 🇮🇳 Pune, Pune City Subdistrict, India
The UX Designer will lead the user experience and interface design for complex financial enterprise applications, specifically focusing on Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) workflows. Responsibilities include conducting user research, creating wireframes and prototypes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure intuitive and accessible design solutions.
About Design Leadership careers
Design leaders in 2026 set the strategic vision for design organizations navigating an AI-saturated market. This role requires a balance of craft expertise and high-level business acumen to advocate for design's value at the executive level.
Effective leaders foster a culture of technical agency, establishing systems that allow human creativity and machine efficiency to coexist.
Companies like Stripe and Airbnb seek VPs and Directors of Design who can scale teams and align design strategy with long-term business objectives.
We feature senior leadership positions including Design Directors, Heads of Design, VP of Design, Chief Design Officers, and design team leads at companies like Meta, Google, Airbnb, Stripe, and fast-growing AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. These roles span product design, brand, and cross-functional design organizations.
Many companies offer remote design leadership roles, including distributed-first companies like Notion, Linear, GitLab, and Vercel. AI companies like Midjourney and Anthropic also hire remote design leaders. Some companies prefer hybrid arrangements for VP+ positions.
Most positions require 8–15+ years of design experience with 3–5+ years managing teams. Strong candidates demonstrate strategic thinking, team building, stakeholder management, and a track record of shipping successful products at companies like Figma, Spotify, Netflix, or emerging AI startups. Browse leadership portfolios to see how experienced designers showcase their impact.
Design leadership salaries are highly competitive: Design Directors earn $160k–$240k, VPs of Design $220k–$350k+, and CDOs at major companies can exceed $400k with significant equity packages. AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Databricks often offer premium total compensation. Consult our salary guide for detailed breakdowns.